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| As immigration increased, many moved just outside the cities to.... | suburbia |
| Many poor workers lived in "apartments" which housed several families in 1 room called... | tenements |
| What was invented that made tall office buildings possible? | Bessemer Steel |
| Between 1875-1900 is described as an age of great prosperity on the outside, hiding deep problems of poverty on the inside.... | Gilded Age |
| Politics was run on what system in this time period? | Spoils system |
| What act eliminated the Spoils System? | Pendelton Civil Service Act |
| What was created to give jobs to people based on their qualifications? | Civil Service Commission |
| What were the organizatins designed to keep a certain person in power? | Political Machines |
| The most famous machine was........ led by..........? | Tammany Hall........ William "Boss" Tweed |
| Who was responsible for the arrest of Boss Tweed? | cartoonist Thomas Nast |
| A book, How the Other Half Lives, on the horrors of slums in NY was written by? | Jacob Riis |
| After the Civil War...a time when the U.S. began looking past its borders and aggressively seeking new territories to acquire... | Imperialism |
| Examples of Imperialism.... | Seward's Folly, Hawaii, Spanish-American War |
| The U.S. asked for an trading relationship with the Chinese....that was called ... | Open Door Policy |
| Who was a major supporter of the navy? and what book did he write to support one? | Alfred T. Mahan..... The Influence of Sea Power Upon History |
| What was the idea of the survival of the fittest in the business world? | Social Darwinsim |
| What began in 1898 over the mistreatment of Cubans by the Spanish? | Spanish-American War....with the sinking of the USS Maine |
| What is sensationalist writing, intended to sell more newspapers? | Yellow journalism |
| What is an intense nationalism w/a desire for adventure abroad? | jingoism |
| What was the most famous event of the Spanish-American War? | Teddy Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill |
| Who destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Pacific? | Admiral Dewey |
| What ended the Spanish-American War? | Treaty of Paris |
| What gave Cuba their independence? | Teller Amendment |
| What said the U.S. did have the right to intervene in Cuban affairs? | Platt Amendment |
| What was one of Teddy Roosevelt's biggest goals? | construction of the Panama Canal |
| When Roosevelt announced the U.S. had a right to intervene anywhere in the Western Hemis. | Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine |
| Roosevelt's most famous quote and policy... | "Big Stick Policy" to walk softly & carry a big stick |
| A view of the West that said the frontier had created a society that was committed to self-improvement, democracy, & were socially mobile... | Frederick Jackson Turner's ...Turner Thesis |
| What housing structures were common in urban neighborhoods with a high population of immigrants? | tenements |
| Which industry was improved by the Bessemer process? | steel |
| What industry was controlled by Andrew Carnegie? | steel |
| Which trust enabled John D. Rockefeller to control the oil industry? | Standard Oil |
| What was J.P. Morgan associated with? | banking and finance |
| What government policy reduced business regulations? | laissez-faire capitalism |
| Which methods were used by business leaders to grow the size of their companies? | horizontal and vertical integration |
| What is associated with Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth"? | donating funds to libraries, schools, and hospitals |
| Which act was passed to prevent trusts from forming monopolies? | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Which individual became infamous for corruption as the boss of New York City's Tammany Hall political machine? | William M. "Boss" Tweed |
| Political machines grew in power by attracting the support of which group? | immigrants |
| What goals were reasons for American expansion as a world power in the late 1800s? | naval bases and new markets |
| What president supported the annexation of Hawaii? | William McKinley |
| Which event led to the Spanish-American War? | explosion of the U.S.S. Maine |
| Which territory did the U.S. acquire as a result of Commodore George Dewey's naval victory in the Spanish-American War? | Phillippines |
| What territories did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War? | Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico |
| A territory or nation over which the US would exercise control is a..... | Sphere of Influence |
| Who was the leader of Hawaii when it was annexed in 1898? | Queen Liliuokalani |
